The last Kansas City Athletics game
Nov 17, 2020 18:49:03 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Nov 17, 2020 18:49:03 GMT
It was a poor joke on Kansas City. The KC A's were a joke. The franchise hadn't been competitive since the early 30's but never improved. Best record, 73-81 in 1958. Every time they got a good player, Roger Maris, Jerry Lumpe, Norm Siebern, they got traded immediately. And, like the article says, they begin to slowly build a good team. Bert Campaneris, Catfish Hunter, Blue Moon Odom, Sal Bando stayed with the A's, mostly because of the oft maligned Charlie O. Finley. Two years after the move to Oakland, the A's were world beaters.
The move from Philadelphia to KC was fishy. The man who bought the A's from the Connie Mack people, Arnold Johnson, had ties to Yankee owner Dan Topping. The Yanks has the baseball rights to Kansas City due to having their AAA team there. They also owned the stadium. Johnson should have had to pay big fees to the Yanks but he got KC for peanuts. For the time of Johnson's ownership, the A's were basically a farm team of the Yankees.
The move from Philadelphia to KC was fishy. The man who bought the A's from the Connie Mack people, Arnold Johnson, had ties to Yankee owner Dan Topping. The Yanks has the baseball rights to Kansas City due to having their AAA team there. They also owned the stadium. Johnson should have had to pay big fees to the Yanks but he got KC for peanuts. For the time of Johnson's ownership, the A's were basically a farm team of the Yankees.